Acer TravelMate 220 series, Service Manual

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Chapter 2 35
System Security
The System Security screen contains parameters that help safeguard and protect your computer from
unauthorized use.
The following table describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in boldface are the default and
suggested parameter settings.
Setting a Password
Follow these steps:
1. Use the cursor
w
w w
w
/
y
y y
y
keys to highlight a Password parameter (Setup, Power-on or Hard Disk) and press
the
e e e e
key. The password box appears:
2. Type a password. The password may consist of up to eight characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9).
IMPORTANT:Be very careful when typing your password because the characters do not appear on the
screen.
3. Press
e
e e
e
. Retype the password to verify your first entry and press
e
e e
e
.
Parameter Description Options
Setup Password When set to present, this password protects the computer and
the BIOS Utility from unauthorized entry. See the following
section for instructions on how to set a password. None or Present
Power-on Password When set to present, this password protects the computer
from unauthorized entry during power-on. See the followin
section for instructions on how to set a password. None or Present
Hard Disk Password This item appears only if the unit is business model.
When set to present, this password protects the hard disk
from unauthorized access. See the following section for
instructions on how to set a password.
None or Present
Processor Serial Numbe When set to present, the CPU serial number may be obtaine
via necessary utility. Note that the model with Celeron CPU
doesn’t support the CPU serial number feature and this ite
should be invisible. None or Present
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Setup Password [None] / [Present]
Power-on Password [None] / [Present]
Hard Disk Password [None] / [Present]
Processor Serial Number [None] / [Present]
#$
= Move highlight bar,
%&
= Change setting, F1 = Help
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Setup Password [None] / [Present]
Power-on Password [None] / [Present]
Hard Disk Password [None] / [Present]
Processor Serial Number [None] / [Present]
#$
= Move highlight bar,
%&
= Change setting, F1 = Help
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Setup Password [None] / [Present]
Power-on Password [None] / [Present]
Hard Disk Password [None] / [Present]
Processor Serial Number [None] / [Present]
Setup Password [None] / [Present]
Power-on Password [None] / [Present]
Hard Disk Password [None] / [Present]
Processor Serial Number [None] / [Present]
#$
= Move highlight bar,
%&
= Change setting, F1 = Help
#$
= Move highlight bar,
%&
= Change setting, F1 = Help